ࠅࠉࠀࠌࠓ ࠀࠁࠓࠄࠌ ࠀࠍࠊࠉ ࠀࠔࠁࠏ
Gen 21:24 [Samaritan Pentateuch]
ויאמר אברהם אנכי אשבע
* אשבע v.l. השבע
Gen 21:24 [Masoretic Text]
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם אָנֹכִ֖י אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃
And Avraham said, “I will swear.”
| Number | Hebrew | Samaritan | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ויאמר | ࠅࠉࠀࠌࠓ | And said |
| 2 | אברהם | ࠀࠁࠓࠄࠌ | Abraham |
| 3 | אנכי | ࠀࠍࠊࠉ | I |
| 4 | אשבע | ࠀࠔࠁࠏ | will swear |
Morphology
- וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ (vayyoʾmer) – Root: אמר (‘-m-r); Form: Verb, Qal, Consecutive Imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “and he said”; Notes: Refers to Avraham responding to Avimelekh’s request.
- אַבְרָהָ֔ם (Avraham) – Root: אברהם (‘-v-r-h-m); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Avraham”; Notes: The speaker of the statement.
- אָנֹכִ֖י (anokhi) – Root: אנכי (‘-n-k-y); Form: Pronoun, 1cs; Translation: “I”; Notes: Used for emphasis in Avraham’s statement.
- אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ (ishave’a) – Root: שבע (sh-b-ʿ); Form: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, 1cs; Translation: “I will swear”; Notes: Expresses Avraham’s commitment to making the oath.
